Along Came Love (Love Inspired #345) [Mass Market Paperback]

Carrie Turansky (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Steeple Hill (April 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373873638
• ISBN-13: 978-0373873630
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,760,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carrie Turansky is the award-winning author of eight inspirational romance novels and novellas. She has been a finalist for the Inspirational Readers Choice Award, The ACFW Genesis, and ACFW Carol Award and winner of the WRW Crystal Globe Award. She has been a member of American Christian Fiction Writers since 2000.Her latest releases are Christmas Mail-Order Brides, Seeking His Love, A Man To Trust, and Surrendered Hearts. She lives in central New Jersey with her husband, Scott, who is a pastor, author, speaker and counselor. They have five young adult children. Carrie and her family spent a year in Kenya as missionaries, giving them a passion for what God is doing around the world. Carrie leads women's ministry at her church, and when she is not writing she enjoys gardening, reading, flower arranging, and cooking for friends and Family. You may contact her through her website: www.carrieturansky.com.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good romantic intrigue, April 20, 2006

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Barbara Warren - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Along Came Love (Love Inspired #345) (Mass Market Paperback)

Lauren Woodman is a woman with a secret only her Aunt Tilley knows. When she sees a man walking in a Vermont blizzard she drives on past, afraid to stop. It isn't safe to pick up strangers, even in this remote area. But a deer runs across the road in front of her, causing her car to slide into the ditch. The stranger helps get the car back on the road, and she doesn't feel she can drive off and leave him, so she takes him to Aunt Tilley's house.

All Wes Evans wants is a place to rest while he decides what to do with the rest of his life. A missionary in the Middle East, Wes was arrested for sharing the gospel and accused of being a CIA spy. After eighteen months of brutal intererogtion and torture in a Middle Eastern prison, he is hiding out from the press. He's attracted to Lauren, but he's having trouble dealing with his past. Besides he has nothing to offer her. All he knows how to do is be a missionary and even that is closed to him now.

Lauren is perturbed by the growing affection between Wes and her six-year old son. How would he feel if he knew the truth about her. It takes a near tragedy to teach Lauren and Wes about God's wonderful gift of love and forgiveness. Carrie Turansky does a good job of pulling the reader into the story.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful, tender romance, July 28, 2006

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Ane Mulligan "V.P./Sr. Editor, Novel Rocket" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Along Came Love (Love Inspired #345) (Mass Market Paperback)

Along Came Love is a tender romance, and I was curled up with a mug of chocolate velvet coffee, enjoying an afternoon of reading. I loved Wes Evans, the former missionary, and understood his heartbreak. While I've never been a single mom, I appreciated the way Lauren put her son first. The adorable six-year-old Toby stole my hear, and I could relate to wise Aunt Tilly. I was having a lovely afternoon.

Then Ryan came on the scene, and I got mad. Sick and tired of his strong-arm approach, I nearly tossed the book aside. I dislike people like him. Then I realized Turnasky had done exactly what she set out to. She engaged my emotions so strongly in the lives of her characters that I reacted to the situation instead of merely reading about it.

With a well written plot, a story that engages your heart, and true-to-life characters, Along Came Love is a satisfying read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An sweet romance with extraordinary depth, May 2, 2006

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Mary Connealy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Along Came Love (Love Inspired #345) (Mass Market Paperback)

Carrie Turansky's book, published by Steeple Hill Love Inspired, is a cut above the usual sweet Christian romance novel. The tormented past of the hero and heroine are substantial and difficult to overcome. Turansky's first book is inspirational and honest, and has plenty of action and tension, and best of all love. It was fun to read and I'm proud of her for writing it and proud of Steeple Hill for recognizing it's value and publishing it.